Name That Station!

[SubwayNut]

That's fine. It even took me a few minutes to remember what station. I won't answer my own photo.

 

[Notelvis]

Saw this one last week -

Oxnard, CA

 

[Ryan]

That was a lot quicker than I thought!

 

[Notelvis]

That was a lot quicker than I thought!

I would have struggled had I not just been there.

Let's try this one - a bench on the platform of an active station..... and this photo is recent .

 

[Ryan]

Hey, I know that bench!



Cement Bench by Ryan Stavely, on Flickr

 

[RampWidget]

Good one. A minor correction....McKeesport is about 16 miles Southeast of Pittsburgh, and I believe it is on the B&O.....

PATrains went from there into B&O's commuter station in downtown Pittsburgh. Former B&O Capitol Limited switched over to the P&LE line across the Monongahela to stop at the P&LE station before continuing west to Akron and Chicago. Amtrak's Capitol goes from there thru the Panther Hollow Tunnel over what is now the Allegheny Valley RR, to connect to the former PRR main to reach the Amtrak, former PRR station....

Railiner... thanks for the corrected info and the additional details

 

[Notelvis]

Hey, I know that bench!


Cement Bench by Ryan Stavely, on Flickr

It would appear to be the same bench.......

Who will be the first to name the station where it is located?

 

[Shanghai]

Greensboro, NC?

 

[Notelvis]

Not Greensboro Shanghai.

Nowhere in North Carolina for that matter.

 

[railiner]

I've not seen that type of design around here. I am guessing it is somewhere in Amtrak Californialand......but not sure where.....

 

[Notelvis]

You are on the right track, so to speak, railiner.

A hint - I was on a train trip when I took this photo.

 

[tomfuller]

Stockton CA?

 

[Notelvis]

Right state but wrong station Tom!

 

[Bob Dylan]

Fullerton,Ca.????

 

[Notelvis]

Not Fullerton either.

 

[Ryan]

Surprised that this one is going so SLOW.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Especially since....I won't reveal it. h34r:

 

[pennyk]

considering Ryan's clue, I say San Luis Obispo

 

[JayPea]

I cheated and looked at Ryan's description so won't answer I must say, though, that I've been to that station several times and don't remember seeing the bench in question. I know I'm not very observant but one would think I'd have noticed it at least once.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

considering Ryan's clue, I say San Luis Obispo

I didn't even think of that (SLOW - SLO). I was implying what JayPea referred to. I looked yesterday and forgot which one it was until after I posted.

 

[railiner]

One other clue.....it must be at a station that was built sometime before Amtrak changed their logo........

 

[Ryan]

considering Ryan's clue, I say San Luis Obispo

That's where my bench is, and I'm pretty sure it's the same bench - the pattern in the concrete is the same.

I cheated and looked at Ryan's description so won't answer I must say, though, that I've been to that station several times and don't remember seeing the bench in question. I know I'm not very observant but one would think I'd have noticed it at least once.

It's kind of way down at the northern end of the platform, iirc.

 

[AlanB]

And here I was wondering if we might have to bench this station. :lol:

 

[Notelvis]

Pennyk is Correct.

SLO.

Here's another picture that I took during a northbound Coast Starlight service stop on our trip last week! The bench with the old logo is, as Ryan recalls, near the north end of the platform and I did not see another like it while we were there.

The thread is yours Penny to either post or defer!!!!!

 

[pennyk]

Defer. Ryan if you have something to post - since it was your clue that "clued" me in, you can post. If not, whoever has a photo. Now that it is easier to post photos, I will start taking photos of stations.